buccal

  1. Adjective.  Of or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the mouth.
  2. Adjective.  (dentistry, of a premolar or molar) On the side facing the cheek.
  3. Adjective.  (medicine, of a drug) Administered in the mouth, not by swallowing but by absorption through the skin of the cheek; often by placing between the top gum and the inside of the lip.

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